Report: Ex-mayor Flynn To Run For Kennedy's Seat

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April 30, 1998

BOSTON — Former Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn will end his struggling campaign for Massachusetts governor and instead run for the seat of the retiring Rep. Joseph Kennedy, according to reports on Wednesday. Flynn's gubernatorial campaign has been dogged by lack of support and funding and a Boston Globe report on his drinking habits during his recent stint as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. About two dozen Democratic candidates have filed papers to run in the 8th Congressional District, WBZ-AM radio reported, but none is as well-known as Flynn.